# Solidus review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Extensible open-source ecommerce platform with optional managed cloud Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Solidus is an open-source ecommerce platform for brands with custom requirements. The free DIY Edition runs on your own infrastructure, while Solidus Cloud adds managed upgrades, infrastructure and support. Features include a native subscription engine, a custom promotion system, multi-store, multi-language and multi-currency support, and REST and GraphQL APIs. - **Category:** Online Store Builders - **Made by:** Nebulab and the open-source community - **Website:** https://solidus.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if nobody can host and upgrade the code, since DIY leaves that to you. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Solidus has a free plan. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** The DIY Edition is free and includes the whole platform, but you provide and maintain the infrastructure. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | DIY Edition | $0 | The full Solidus platform on your own infrastructure; you handle upgrades and hosting. | | Starter Cloud | Custom | Managed upgrades and infrastructure, standard monitoring, business-hours support (weekdays 9am to 5pm EST) and 10 hours a month of a solutions architect. Sold through sales. | | Enterprise Cloud | Custom | Expedited upgrades, tailored or bring-your-own infrastructure, 24/7 support, active incident response and 20 hours a month of a solutions architect. Sold through sales. | Read from https://solidus.io/get-started on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Solidus before buying. ## Key features - **Native subscriptions:** A built-in subscription engine for models such as curated boxes. - **Custom promotions:** A promotion system where merchants can implement their own promotion logic. - **Multi-store and international:** Multi-store, multi-language and multi-currency support, plus global taxation and logistics. - **Extensible admin and APIs:** An admin dashboard that can be extended or rewritten, with RESTful and GraphQL APIs. - **Returns and exchanges:** Partial returns and exchanges, product pricing segmentation, and bundles or personalized products. ## Good for - Brands with complex customization needs and a development team - Subscription and marketplace-style businesses - Teams that want to start free and move to a managed cloud later ## Worth knowing - Solidus Cloud prices are not published; both paid plans go through a sales conversation. - The DIY Edition leaves hosting, maintenance and upgrades to you. - The vendor says the DIY Edition and Solidus Cloud have the same features; Cloud only removes the infrastructure work. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Solidus is an extensible open-source commerce platform with native subscriptions, custom promotions and multi-store support. The free DIY Edition leaves hosting and upgrades to you, and the paid Cloud plans have no listed price. - **Value for money: C.** The DIY Edition is free only if you host it. Starter and Enterprise Cloud prices aren't published, so it sits in the middle. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The DIY Edition holds the whole platform, with no caps, but you provide the infrastructure. - **Features: B.** Subscriptions, promotions, multi-store, multi-currency, returns and exchanges, and REST and GraphQL APIs. Nothing in the listing is missing from the core job. - **Ease of use: D.** No rating on record. It's a developer framework you run and upgrade yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with APIs and an extensible admin. No apps and no integration list. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Solidus's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among online store builders - Solidus's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 43 of the 80 other online store builders we grade, and level with 16. - It stands best on features (B, above 60 of 80) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/online-stores ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Solidus you would be making checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. Solidus is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Online store, Open source, Self-hostable, Public API ## Alternatives - [Spree Commerce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/spree-commerce): Open-source headless commerce for B2B and marketplaces. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/solidus-vs-spree-commerce) - [Medusa](https://toolgpa.com/tools/medusa): Open-source commerce framework for developers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/medusa-vs-solidus) - [Saleor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/saleor): Open-source headless commerce with managed Cloud hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/saleor-vs-solidus) - [Sylius](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sylius): Open-source Symfony ecommerce framework for custom stores. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/solidus-vs-sylius) - [OpenCart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/opencart): Free open-source shopping cart you host yourself. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/opencart-vs-solidus) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://solidus.io/get-started - https://solidus.io - https://solidus.io/enterprise Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/solidus Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).